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Law and the visible / edited by Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, Martha Merrill Umphrey.

Van Pelt Library KF8947.5 .L39 2021
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Sarat, Austin, editor.
Douglas, Lawrence, editor.
Umphrey, Martha Merrill, editor.
Series:
Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought
The Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Electronic evidence--United States.
Electronic evidence.
Digital video--United States.
Digital video.
Wearable video devices in police work--United States.
Wearable video devices in police work.
Video recordings--Law and legislation--United States.
Video recordings.
Audio-visual materials--Law and legislation--United States.
Audio-visual materials.
Audio-visual materials--Law and legislation.
Video recordings--Law and legislation.
United States.
Physical Description:
ix, 194 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]
Summary:
"If you take a video of police officers beating a Black man into unconsciousness, are you a witness or a bystander? If you livestream your friends dragging the body of an unconscious woman and talking about their plans to violate her, are you an accomplice? Do bodycams and video doorbells tell the truth? Are the ubiquitous technologies of visibility open to interpretation and manipulation? These are just a few of the questions explored in the rich and broadly interdisciplinary essays within this volume, Law and the Visible, the most recent offering in the Amherst Series for Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought. Individual essays discuss the culpability of those who record violence, the history of racialized violence as it streams through police bodycams, the idea of digital images as objective or neutral, the logics of surveillance and transparency, and a defense of anonymity in the digital age. Contributors include Benjamin J. Goold, Torin Monahan, Kelli Moore, Eden Osucha, Jennifer Peterson, and Carrie A. Rentschler"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Law and the Visible: New Visual Technologies and the Problematics of Judgment / Lawrence Douglas
ch. 1 Ubiquitous Video, Objectivity, and the Problem of Perspective in Digital Visual Evidence / Jennifer Petersen
ch. 2 Eye-Tracking Techniques and Strategies of the Flesh in the Brother From Another Planet
Notes toward a Visual Literacy of Video-Recorded Lethal Police-Civilian Encounters / Kelli Moore
ch. 3 Mediating Responsibility
Visualizing Bystander Participation in Sexual Violence / Carrie A. Rentschler
ch. 4 Between the Bodycam and the Black Body
The Post-Panoptic Racial Interface / Eden Osucha
ch. 5 Visualizing the Surveillance Archive
Critical Art and the Dangers of Transparency / Torin Monahan
ch. 6 Becoming Invisible
Privacy and the Value of Anonymity / Benjamin J. Goold.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Law and the visible.
ISBN:
9781625345868
1625345860
9781625345875
1625345879
OCLC:
1203961109

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